TV channels & antenna towers in Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville, Florida has a population of about 868,000. Our map shows 33 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 10 full-power, 4 Class A and 19 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 25 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 22 at good or strong strength.

22 of them are within 25 miles of Jacksonville, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 8 are more than 45 miles out. Jacksonville is a broadcast hub in its own right: six of the 9 network stations in range are licensed here.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 25 (WJXX), CBS on channel 47 (WJAX-TV), NBC on channel 12 (WTLV), Fox on channel 30 (WFOX-TV), PBS on channel 7 (WJCT), CW on channel 17 (WCWJ), ION on channel 21 (WPXC-TV) and Trinity on channel 59 (WJEB-TV). 1 full-power station in range has no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna SE, at about 124°. The main network towers for Jacksonville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, WFOX-TV, WJAX-TV, WJCT, WJEB-TV and WJXX and others, transmit from the same tower site about 6.2 miles southeast of Jacksonville (125° SE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Jacksonville at fair strength or better, 78% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

All of the main network towers are within their radio horizon as seen from Jacksonville, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Jacksonville is WTLV (NBC), 7.3 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

W30EE-D is only 0.5 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 25 stations at fair strength or better, Jacksonville ranks 347th of 786 places in Florida: more than the typical Florida town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 6.2 miles away, against a state median of 20 miles.

23% of Florida's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna.